I gotta say, I absolutely love my Pilot Road 2 tires.
Tire quality makes a huge difference in the overall motorcycle riding experience. My experience with the previous incarnation of Pilot Roads was that they had no grip (leading to a lot of scary moments) and they caused sluggish handling.
Not so with the Pilot Road 2 tires. I feel like I could drag my knee all day with these tires. I'm going to have to see how tight I can get my figure-eights one of these days...
In the parking garage at my office, there is a turn where the floor is painted all the way through. I have NO idea why they did that, but it resulted in a slick, low-visibility nightmare. On the old tires, that turn was usually the scariest part of my ride.
But the new tires stick like velcro. I no longer feel like I'm suddenly going to lose traction and eat pavement in every curve. It's nice. In fact, it's made a huge difference in how much I enjoy riding.
So, if you're buying tires, spring for the good ones. It's completely worth it.
3 comments:
Lucky:
On my old bike I purchased a set of Michelin Pilot Powers and I thought they were good, but then I found out about the Road 2 .
Nice to have the security of good tires . . .
bob
bobskoot: wet coast scootin
The trouble with all that grip is that it makes me lose my grip on responsibility. Hope you do better!
Hope you're better, too.
bobskoot - I'm just amazed at what a difference they've made. I had some serious lean-anxiety on the old tires. I'm working past that issue on the new ones...
irondad - Well, the only real way to get rid of temptation is to give in to it.
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